Summary
Responsible for coordinating and verifying all movements of raw materials and packaging materials to and from the warehouse, verifying finished goods produced, issuing raw and packaging materials to work orders, and ensuring inventory accuracy according to the division's daily needs during their designated shift

Key Duties and Essential Job Functions

•    Responsible for guiding, training, and leading the inventory team to ensure the accurate and timely processing of divisional manufacturing ingredients.
•    Responsible for inventory accuracy within the department.
•    Responsible for closing work orders and production confirmation.
•    Responsible for verifying ingredients delivered to and returned from the prep area.
•    Responsible for inventory transactions required throughout the shift.
•    Verify departmental Allergen guidelines are followed, and ensure integrity of containment (IOC) of all ingredients throughout the material handling process.
•    Ensure the accuracy of lot numbers and movements in the system of materials.
•    Ability to lead, be a teacher, and create a positive work environment.

Responsibilities for Food Safety
•    Responsible for completing required paperwork accurately and honestly as applicable.
•    Must adhere to all corporate GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), established SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and all Food Safety policies.
•    Must adhere to all Allergen control programs and procedures as applicable.
•    Responsible for reporting suspicious packages, activities and individuals.
•    If monitoring CCPs (Critical Control Points), must be trained in HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and adhere to approved HACCP plan(s).

Positional Accountabilities

•    Ability to own, lead and develop one’s own area of responsibility.
•    100% adherence to all recipe designs; no deviations.
•    100% adherence to all company GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) and SOP’s (Standard
•    Operating Procedures); no deviations.
•    Update Supervisor on efficiencies and any hindrances to the process.
o    Offer recommendations and solutions to such matters.
•    Utilize designated paperwork/systems to track, verify and adjust efficiencies.
o    Be prepared to explain successes and opportunities.
•    Utilize designated paperwork/systems to track and verify ingredient inventories.
•    Responsible for disposition of product being put “on hold” or deemed “waste”, as a result of dept.
error or inefficiencies.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee of this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.


In order to perform this position properly, each candidate must demonstrate the following core competencies (not all inclusive)

•    Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
•    Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
•    Quantity – Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity while considering bottom line ramifications.
•    Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
•    Safety and Security – Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials as designed, and as instructed.

Required Skills, Abilities, and Experience:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
•    Six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of experience and training.
Language Skills
•    Level II: the ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally in English as it pertains to individual position.
Mathematical Skills
•    Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
•    Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills
•    To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Inventory, Spreadsheet and Word Processing softwa

•    While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is regularly exposed to cold working conditions, and occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

•    While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.


Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Type: Contract to Perm

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